kuka tjuṯa

animals

partjaṯa
kuninka
Western quoll, native cat (Dasyurus geoffroii)

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Iriti partjaṯa tjuṯa para-ngaṟangi palu kuwari wiya alatjiṯu.
Long ago there used to be lots of native cats roaming around but now there are none at all.
ukaḻpi
spectacled hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes conspicillatus)

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Ukaḻpi tjuṯa mala puṟunypa iriti nyinangi, palu kuwari wiya ngaṟanyi.
The spectacled hare-wallaby like the rufous hare-wallaby lived long ago, but not now.
ninu
tjalku
maruṟu
bilby (Macrotis lagotis)

id:9775 order:271

Tjalku tjuṯangku maku munu tjaḻa kuḻu tjawaṟa ngalkupai.
Bilbys dig and eat whitchetty grubs and honey ants.
mala
rufous hare wallaby (Largorchestes conspicillatus)

id:9776 order:274

Mala tjuṯa iriti pilangka nyinapai munuya maḻu puṟunypa ma-waṟarakatipai.
Long ago lots of hare-wallabies lived in the spinifex plains and they jumped along like kangaroos.
tarkawaṟa
spinifex hopping mouse (Notomys alexis)

id:9777 order:275

Tarkawaṟa tjuṯa taḻingka nyinara piṯi tjawalpai palumpa tjanampa nguraku.
Rats live in sandhill country and dig tunnels for their home.
wayuṯa
mungawayaṟu
possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

id:9778 order:276

Iriti kamilu tjana kinaṟatjarangka kuka wayuṯa pungkula ngalkupai.
A long time ago grandmother and family hunted and ate possums when the moon was full.